AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265K

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 16 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 20 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

14004 points
16691 points
19% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12364 points
15383 points
24% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

14599 points
17117 points
17% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

14860 points
17234 points
15% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

13984 points
16561 points
18% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

475.58 points
1% slightly higher Blender score
467.43 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

16083 points
20585 points
27% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2764 points
3063 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
20
25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
60% significantly more threads
20

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.50 GHz
3.9 GHz
55% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz
5.5 GHz
1% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

16 MiB
36 MiB
125% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
113% significantly more L3 cache
30 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

31st of 1,089
10th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2024 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5-6400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen 9 7945HX vs Core Ultra 7 265K specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 7 265K performs better than the Ryzen 9 7945HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 7945HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 7 265K has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 9 7945HX. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 265K has 20 cores compared to 16 cores found in the Ryzen 9 7945HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7945HX has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 265K. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 7 265K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 7945HX. Also, the Core Ultra 7 265K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 265K has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 7945HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7945HX has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 265K.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7945HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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